Historical Significance Quiz

What was the significance of the 36°30′ parallel?

• It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.

• It separated the North from the South.

• It indicated the northern border of Missouri.

• It showed the borders of the United States.

Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?

• Daniel Webster and Henry Clay

• James Polk and John Quincy Adams

• Nat Turner and John Brown

• Charles Sumner and Stephen A. Douglas

How did Missouri’s application as a state with slavery in 1819 challenge U.S. law?

• States north of the Ohio River were to be free states.

• It did not have the population required for statehood.

• States west of the Mississippi River were to be states with slavery.

• It did not have a state constitution.

If the Wilmot Proviso of 1846 had become law, where would it have banned slavery?

• land acquired from Mexico

• Northern states

• Louisiana Territory

• Southern States

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• It turned many more people against slavery.

• It caused enslaved people to revolt in Kentucky.

• Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished.

• The South became more resolved to secede from the Union.

Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas.

• It settled the slavery issue in Nebraska.

• It calmed the country's dispute over slavery.

• It required that the new territories would be free states.

What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?

• to create a rebellion led by enslaved people that would bring an end to slavery

• to bring attention to the conflict between the North and the South

• to bring the two sides together to form a new compromise

• to create a revolution that would lead to a war between the states

In February 1861, seven Southern states, including South Carolina, joined together

• to form the Confederate States of America.

• to agree to an end date for slavery.

• to voice support for the Union in Congress.

• to stop the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.

Which of these best describes the Underground Railroad?

• people who secretly helped fugitives from slavery escape to the North

• a series of tunnels used to move fugitives from slavery to free states

• a transportation system that moved fugitives from slavery to freedom at night

• people who caught fugitives from slavery and returned them to enslavers

What was the legal status of enslaved people in the United States?

• property

• dependents

• citizen

• immigrants